Maybe you weren't the only one that needed to terminate an employee today?

On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:29 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:

> But you said you were busy...
>
> *From:* Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2020 3:14 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT fired a guy
>
> Sometimes, some guys, its just better to have a workplace accident and be
> done with it
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:26 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
>
>> One of the reasons I have always liked companies that start all newbies
>> with a trusted(by you) mentor.  That mentor can usually make the call
>> within days of the hiring of the value of the newbie.  One week and one
>> month review between you and the mentor.   Your choice on disclosure of the
>> newbie's status via the mentor at the start.  But formally assigned to the
>> mentor upon hiring...
>>
>> On 8/19/20 11:20 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>
>> It would have been cheaper to have paid him to sit on the side of the
>> street for the rest of the day.  And my wife just told me that he has not
>> even been with us 30 days yet.  I got a creepy feeling about him from the
>> get – go.  Was way too familiar with me for my liking.  (I think I will
>> adopt the Ellen rule:  no eye contact for the first 10 years...)
>>
>> Another one bites the dust.  I have always said the following about
>> hiring and firing:
>> I have (with the exception of one guy) never regretted firing anyone.
>> Almost always have wished I had done it sooner.
>>
>> Firing makes your company stronger if done right.  Your coworkers see
>> that you are not letting toxic or slacker people continue to be employed.
>>
>> *From:* Adam Moffett
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:53 AM
>> *To:* af@af.afmug.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT fired a guy
>>
>>
>> You're not leaving him stranded in the desert, just telling him what time
>> the ride is.  My only question would be whether you are required to pay him
>> for the time he's just sitting there.  His time isn't really his own at
>> that point.
>>
>> As an optics thing it won't play well.   Might have been better to wait
>> until the end of the work day.
>>
>>
>> On 8/19/2020 1:46 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>
>> My supervisor fired a problem employee at a construction site this
>> morning.  We have had lots of problems with this guy and I was glad to see
>> him go.  We hauled him to the job site and now he wants someone to take him
>> back to our office to get his vehicle.  I cannot spare a person or vehicle
>> at that site.  I don’t want to send someone special over to that site to
>> haul him.  Both the supervisor and I told him he can sit on the side of the
>> street until we are done for the day and we will take him back.
>>
>> He has his brother now calling and threatening police action, saying it
>> is Utah law that you have to give him a ride.
>>
>> Not sure about that.  If he was not such a dick I would have probably
>> sent someone to get him.  I don’t want to do it, I don’t want to send any
>> of the women.
>>
>> Anyone every heard that you have a legal duty to immediately transport
>> someone back to their vehicle if you terminate them?
>>
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